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SUMMARY:Dance Able Winsford (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Dance sessions at Winsford Library for young people with learning disabilities age 11+\, exploring dance\, choreography\, improvisation and creation! \nCome and join us\, Wednesdays\, 5:30-6:30pm from January 6th 2026. \nEveryone welcome- pay £3\, £5 or £8 on the day. No need to book! \nFor any questions or a friendly chat\, email lesya@cheshiredance.org.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/dance-able-winsford-2026-2/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Cheshire Dance: Winsford Library\, Winsford Library\, High Street\, Winsford\, CW72AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:People with Disabilities
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SUMMARY:The Spotlight Project (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Calling all Young People in Winsford aged 11-18! \nJoin us for The Spotlight Project – fun\, friendly and active sessions to get you moving. \nTake part in dance & movement workshops every Tuesday evening\, 7pm-8:30pm \nThe Spotlight Project is the chance to try something new\, meet new people\, get active and have fun. Beginners welcome\, this group is for all abilities and high school ages- no booking needed. \nAll sessions are FREE! What’s more\, there’ll be snacks\, time for chats and the opportunity to do something different on a Tuesday night at New Images\, Winsford Youth & Community Forum. \nFor any questions or queries\, pop over a message to classes@cheshiredance.org. \n\n  \n(Click to enlarge or download)\n\n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/the-spotlight-project-2026/2026-05-05/
LOCATION:New Images Youth Centre\, Nixon Drive\, Winsford\, CW7 2HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Little Lights (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Little Lights – Launching This Spring! \nWe’re excited to introduce Little Lights\, a brand-new dance project starting this Spring! \nBorn from our Spotlight Project\, this 6-week programme will run from 28th April to 9th June and is designed for children aged 8–10 years. Sessions will be co-led by the Cheshire Dance team\, and our Spotlight dancers. \nFind out more about our Spotlight programme here! \nLocation: New Images Youth Centre\, Winsford \nWho can join: Anyone aged 8–10 with an interest in dance – all abilities welcome! \nCost: Free to attend\, no booking needed \nWhat to expect\nEach session is fun and engaging\, including games\, learning choreography\, and creating your own dance. It’s all about exploring\, building confidence\, and enjoying dance in a supportive environment. \nWhether your child is new to dance or already loves to move\, Little Lights is a fun and supportive space to build confidence\, creativity\, and skills. \nGot questions or want to sign up?\nPlease contact: lesya@cheshiredance.org
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/little-lights/2026-05-05/
LOCATION:New Images Youth Centre\, Nixon Drive\, Winsford\, CW7 2HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People
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SUMMARY:Live Well Dance Hazelmere (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Live Well Dance – Hazelmere\nJoin us at Hazelmere\, Winsford!\nDance & movement classes for ages 50+. Join us to have fun\, get active and meet others with an hour of moving and dancing for health and falls prevention. No experience needed! \nNo need to book\, just show up- come along and join the fun! \nPay £3 or £5 on the day! \nTuesdays\, 11:30am-12:30pm\, 23rd September- 16th December (no session 28th October). \nHazelmere\, Hambleton Way\, Winsford\, CW7 1TL \n\nPlease get in touch if any questions\,  call 01606 861770 or email us at classes@cheshiredance.org.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/live-well-dance-hazelmere-2026/2026-05-05/
LOCATION:Hazelmere\, Hambleton Way\, Winsford\, CW7 1TL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Older People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Keep on Dancing at Storyhouse (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Cheshire Dance in partnership with Storyhouse brings you Keep on Dancing – a weekly dance session as part of Storyhouse Elders\, a series of events celebrating ageing creatively. \nThis new community will give you a special opportunity to work with us to learn\, rehearse and collaborate. PLUS\, there’ll be some great performance opportunities too. \nIn the weekly sessions you will be inspired by events\, activities and shows happening in the wider Storyhouse programme and will become immersed in the Storyhouse community. \nThe sessions take place in ‘The Studio’ by Storyhouse on Northgate Street every Monday from 2-3pm. \nNo need to book\, just come along and join the fun! \nPay £6 or £8 per class. Card and cash payments accepted. \n\nFor more information or to chat with us about these sessions\, drop us an email at: classes@cheshiredance.org \n\n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/keep-on-dancing-at-storyhouse-2026/2026-05-04/
LOCATION:Storyhouse\, Hunter St\, Chester\, CH1 2AR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Older People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Anonymous Boys Dance Class Ages 12+ (Cheshire Dance's NEXUS Programme)
DESCRIPTION:A brand new class for boys and young males ages 12 to 18 years old. \nThis class will begin in January 2026 at the Blacon Enterprise Centre\, Blacon. \nThursdays 7pm till 8pm and is FREE. \nEmail emma@cheshiredance.org for more information! \nVisit the NEXUS website here for more information on the whole programme\, proudly funded by The Westminster Foundation.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/anonymous-boys-dance-class-cheshire-dances-nexus-programme/2026-04-30/
LOCATION:Blacon Enterprise Centre\, 14 The Parade\, Blacon\, Chester\, CH15HN
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Move and Connect Chester (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Open Level Contemporary Dance Classes in Chester. Everyone welcome\, classes are accessible to all level\, abilities and experiences. \nRanging from guided improvisation to more formal dance exercises\, we awaken our bodies to find ease and flow\, to listen to sensations within and to play with the physical possibilities and personal expressions that arise. \nClasses will be led by experienced Chester based professional dance artists with a focus on making these sessions fun\, inclusive and accessible for all. Please come and join us and bring a friend – alternate Tuesdays at Studio by Storyhouse. \nFor more information\, contact Bettina Carpi at: bettinacarpi@hotmail.com. \nPay £3/£5/£8 depending on your individual circumstances\, cash or card accepted.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/move-and-connect-chester-2026/2026-04-28/
LOCATION:Storyhouse\, Hunter St\, Chester\, CH1 2AR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Step Into Capoeira (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Capoeira for home education! \nA session from Cheshire Dance for all primary schools ages who learn outside of mainstream education. \nCapoeira sessions that explore the Brazilian artform that mixes martial arts with dance\, acrobatics and music. \nPay per session (£5 only). \nNo sign up fees or contracts; all abilities welcome. \nTerm Time only\, Mondays 10-11am at Theatre Porto in Ellesmere Port. \nFor more info\, contact Cheshire Dance on 01606 861770 or email: classes@cheshiredance.org.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/step-into-capoeira-autumn-term/2026-04-27/
LOCATION:Theatre Porto\, Whitby Hall\, Ellesmere Port\, CH65 6QY
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Inquiring Bodies: "Liveness" with Guest Artist Jo Fong
DESCRIPTION:Inquiring Bodies is an event by dance artists\, for dance artists\, which creates a mutually supportive environment for exploration and open dialogue. We aim to create a safe and supportive space where both participant artists and Guest Artists can offer\, share and investigate together. \nFor 2026\, we welcome Jo Fong as our Guest Artist. \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n“I like this phrase “We are consenting to explore the unknown”. My work has led me to questions like what is community? What does diversity look like? Can the body tell us something about consent? What are the positives around uncertainty or the unsolved? I’m in a constant state of learning and unlearning and yet there is a part of my practice which acknowledges my experience\, my language\, the work of relating and an inherent body intelligence that is experimenting in trusting its choices. I’m enjoying the layered\, the unknown and the effortless. \nIn terms of choreographic languages\, I draw on a wealth of influences\, from somatic and improvisation techniques\, self-generating prompts and tools or games that explore relationships with our bodies\, spaces between people\, play and working with objects. For me\, it’s about the possibility for liveness\, presence. My work is about creating the conditions so that liveness can occur.” – Jo Fong \nABOUT JO FONG\nJo Fong is an award-winning director\, choreographer and performer working in Dance\, Theatre\, Film and Live Art. She lives in Wales and her creative work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Her artistic practice is an evolving\, collaborative approach which puts ideas around belonging or forming community in the forefront. \nSome recent highlights include collaborations with artist Sonia Hughes; Nettles: How To Disagree? presented at OFFTA\, Montreal 2025\, Neither Here Nor There was presented as part of Wales in Edinburgh. Sonia and Jo led on a number of film\, digital and walking projects called What Will People Need?\, The Sun’s Come Out\, Come Rain or Shine\, and To Tell You The Truth for Dublin Theatre Festival. How Shall We Begin Again? was presented at Wales Millenium Centre 2023 and Siobhan Davies Studios London 2022\, Ways of Being Together at Chapter Arts Centre 2019 and Shoreditch Town Hall 2020. A Brief History of Difference was created with DAR of Das Clarks. Sons and Mums was created with Everybody Dance in Malvern\, a beautiful collaboration with six men who have autism and their mums. \nJo is currently contributing to research with a number of projects; IcoDaCo European Collectives project\, The Choreography of Consent and The Agency of Matter – No Despair together with artist Deborah Light. She recently initiated a project called Making a Clearing inviting Wales’ freelance Global Majority dance artists to come together this winter. In January 2026\, Jo will be heading to New York’s Under The Radar festival with The Rest Of Our Lives which was created in 2019 with clown and circus artist\, George Orange. Jo and George’s 100th performance will be in Pontypridd this February. Find out more about Jo on her website: jofong.com \nInquiring Bodies is for experienced dancers/movers who are keen to explore and enquire together as a group. Places are limited to ensure we can hold space for authentic enquiry and exploration. \nFor any questions or queries\, please contact: jane.mclean@cheshiredance.org.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/inquiring-bodies-liveness-with-guest-artist-jo-fong/
LOCATION:University of Chester\, Kingsway Campus\, Chester\, CH2 2LB
CATEGORIES:Artist Development,CPD,Event
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding in Dance Training
DESCRIPTION:Do you work in dance with young people or adults with additional needs?  \nWhether you’re a dance teacher\, artist\, workshop leader\, facilitator or project manager – safeguarding is your responsibility\, and keeping yourself and your participants safe is your duty.  \nOur Safeguarding Training Workshop is designed to help you understand and feel comfortable and confident about the role of safeguarding in your work.  \nIn the training you will learn how to recognise and respond to safeguarding issues\, and record and report on safeguarding\, so you can provide a safe environment\, which promotes the health and well-being of participants and ensures a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone.  \nWe will look at working with children and ‘adults at risk’ in various dance contexts – from performance\, to class\, to project organisation. This will include areas such as awareness\, touch and safe practice. The course will help individuals understand how to deal with any circumstances that put themselves or participants at risk.  \nThe training covers a wide range of subjects within safeguarding and includes:  \n\nIntroduction to safeguarding.\nThe role of safeguarding in your work.\nGood practice guidelines for practitioners/organisations.\nWhat to include in your safeguarding policy.\nChanges and updates to safeguarding policies and child licensing regulations.\nInternet and Social Media safety.\nFacilitation of Touch/Non-verbal negotiation of touch.\nDBS/Chaperoning. \n\nLed by Jane McLean\, Creative Director at Cheshire Dance\, the workshop is an essential CPD opportunity to help you feel empowered and incorporate best safeguarding practice into your work.  \n Safeguarding Training for the Dance Sector 2026- Info & Booking: \n\nSaturday 17th January 2026\n9:45am to 4pm\nUniversity of Chester Creative Campus\, Kingsway\, Chester\, CH2 2LB \n\nTickets:  \n\nIf you are employed by an organisation\, the cost is £50\nIf you are a freelance artist working in dance\, the workshop is £25\nFree for Cheshire Dance onboarded freelancers and University of Chester Dance student – please enter your special code/password during the booking process 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/safeguarding-in-dance-training/
LOCATION:University of Chester\, Kingsway Campus\, Chester\, CH2 2LB
CATEGORIES:Artist Development,CPD
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SUMMARY:Dance and PMLD Practice Sharing Network Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Dance and PMLD Practice Sharing Network Meeting will take place online on Thursday 23rd October 2025 from 12:30pm to 2pm \nWe’re delighted to welcome Rebecca Swift from Entelechy Arts as our guest speaker for this meeting. \nFor over 30 years Entelechy Arts has been running\, ‘Ambient Jam‘ – a unique dance improvisation programme arising from long term collaborations with adults and young people who have profound and multiple disabilities.  Ambient Jam improvisation sessions bring together members and volunteers with a team of dance artists\, musicians and sculptors. Together they explore movement and music with tactile sculpture twice a week at The Albany in Deptford. Rebecca will introduce us to Ambient Jam and then Ruth and Jane will share their recent experiences of facilitating ‘Wanna Dance? Jams’. \nWe will then open up the conversation between us to further explore this rich\, yet often hidden\, work. \nRebecca\, Ruth and Jane will bring questions about the work and processes and we really look forward to hearing your thoughts\, responses and questions too. \nThe Dance and PMLD Practice Sharing Network is a group of artists\, practitioners and other professionals from across the UK and internationally who come together to explore\, question and develop our dance practice with people with PMLD. \nWe warmly invite new practitioners to join the group to share knowledge\, practice\, questions and challenges of dancing with people with PMLD. \nIf you would like to join us for this next meeting please visit our Network page and click ‘Join the Network’ to send us an email. \nWe look forward to gathering with you online on 23rd October!
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/dance-and-pmld-practice-sharing-network-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Explore Brazil with the NEXUS Programme
DESCRIPTION:Explore Brazil with the NEXUS Programme this Autumn! \nThrough various workshops and activities\, NEXUS creates the space for young people to connect with themselves\, their ideas and with others\, through dance in Chester and the surrounding area. \nUsing Capoeira\, Afro-Brazilian Dance\, Art\, Music and Storytelling – explore Brazilian culture in this two day workshop. \nThis workshop if for home educated children and young people ages 7+. \n  \n Theatre Porto\, Ellesmere Port \n 15th and 16th September \n  10am – 4pm \n £20 for both days. The workshops have been kindly subsidised through funding from the Westminster Foundation. \n  \nBook your place here! \nFor any questions or queries\, please email emma@cheshiredance.org.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/explore-brazil-with-the-nexus-programme/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:Parade Enterprise Centre\, 51 The Parade\, Blacon\, Chester\, CH1 5HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Event
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SUMMARY:Jack Evans film screening at Cine Window Winsford
DESCRIPTION:A unique double film screening will take place on Saturday 13 September at Cine Window\, Winsford\, bringing together dance\, digital art\, and personal storytelling.\nThe event begins at 11am\, with the first screening at 11:15am. Refreshments will be available from the nearby Crosshatch Gallery. \nThe two films are creative dance and digital explorations from a collaboration of Jack Evans\, professional dancer and choreographer and the Cine Window Team\, commissioned by Cine Window. \nThe first short film\, ‘Glitch in the Mask’’\, is a behind the scenes look at the digital process of creating a dance and digital work for live stage called Life Behind the Mask. Choreographed by Jack Evans\, Life Behind the Mask is a duet work that fuses live performance with the digital world. It explores Jack’s identity as an Autistic dancer and how he experiences the world. The piece looks at the idea of Masking – a strategy where autistic individuals suppress or conceal their natural autistic behaviours and traits to appear more neurotypical and blend into social situations. This film is an insight into the processes that Jack and digital artist Chris Oakley and programmer Mike Sharps of Cine Window Winsford went through to create the live show ‘Controlling the Mask’. \n‘Controlling the Mask’ is a digital artwork created by digital artist Chris Oakley and programmer Mike Sharps of Cine Window Winsford during their collaboration with dancer Jack Evans. Utilising bespoke software libraries tailored the demands of the evolving dance\, the piece has been created using 3D scanning to image the dancers as a ‘point cloud’\, rendering the figures in real time as matrix of points in space.’ \nJack Evans is on the Talent Development North programme at Cheshire Dance. Talent Development North (TDN) supports disabled dance artists across the North of England with a focus on those who are learning disabled or autistic (18+). Led by TIN Arts in partnership with Yorkshire Dance and Cheshire Dance\, TDN seeks to enable disabled dance artists to create exciting new work whilst gaining industry insight to build connections and explore professional pathways within the dance sector. \nThis screening is a free event but please RSVP to emma@cheshiredance.org for numbers.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/jack-evans-film-screening-at-cine-window-winsford/
LOCATION:Cine Window Winsford\, Crosshatch Studios\, CW7 1AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Disability Youth Dance (Autumn Term)
DESCRIPTION:Disability Youth Dance with Cheshire Dance! \nCreative\, inclusive dance sessions for learning disabled children and young people. \nFor ages 6+\, £5 a session. Cash or card accepted in session. \nCome along\, have fun and make friends – everyone is welcome! \nThursday evenings from 5-6pm (Term Time only) at The Parade Enterprise Centre\, Blacon\, Chester CH1 5HW. \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/disability-youth-dance-autumn-term/
LOCATION:Parade Enterprise Centre\, 51 The Parade\, Blacon\, Chester\, CH1 5HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,People with Disabilities,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:DS Dance Chester (Summer Term)
DESCRIPTION:DS Dance Chester is a dance group for people with Downs Syndrome\, run in partnership with Downs Syndrome Cheshire.\nCome along\, have fun and make friends – everyone is welcome! \nThursday evenings from 5-6pm (Term Time only) at The Parade Enterprise Centre\, Blacon\, Chester CH1 5HW. \nTo attend\, contact: rebecca@dscheshire.org.uk \nFor information: www.dscheshire.org.uk \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/ds-dance-chester-summer-term/2025-07-24/
LOCATION:Parade Enterprise Centre\, 51 The Parade\, Blacon\, Chester\, CH1 5HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,People with Disabilities,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:DS Dance Warrington (Summer Term)
DESCRIPTION:DS Dance Warrington is a dance group for people with Downs Syndrome\, run in partnership with Down Syndrome Cheshire.\nCome along to make friends and have fun. \nJoin us every Wednesday evening from 5.30pm-6.30pm (Term Time Only) at Pyramid Arts Centre\, WA1 1BL. \nTo attend\, contact: rebecca@dscheshire.org.uk \nFor information: www.dscheshire.org.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/ds-dance-warrington-summer-term/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:Pyramid Arts Centre\, Palmyra Square\, Warrington\, WA1 1BL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Dope Development (Summer Term)
DESCRIPTION:Hip Hop dance classes for boys aged 8-15 at Crewe Lyceum Theatre in Cheshire. \nLearn\, train\, develop\, grow and perform! \n\nWednesdays 4.30-6pm\, term time only. \nFirst Session\, free; subsequent sessions\, £7. (“Pay as you Dance”). \n\nAbout the Sessions: \nDope Male Performance Co. is a Crewe based\, professional hip – hop influenced performance group founded by choreographer Jack Robinson in 2012. Company highlights to date including site – based Olympic Torch Performances\, National UDance platforms\, Big Up North Dance Theatre Festival & NOW Northwich. \nDMPC offer classes for boys from ages 8 to young adults & with opportunities for national performances & progression routes into the professional company\, this emerging dance company is rapidly gaining recognition right across the UK. \nFind out more at: www.dopemaleperformancecompany.co.uk or message us here to book a spot.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/dope-development-summer-term/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:Crewe\, Crewe Lyceum Theatre\, Crewe\, CW1 2DA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Balanço na Ginga Capoeira (Kids) - Summer Term
DESCRIPTION:Capoeira for Kids\nCapoeira is a Brazilian art form which mixes martial arts\, dance\, acrobatics and music.  This class looks to build confidence and self-esteem in children aged 5-7. \nCome along\, make friends & have fun\, every Wednesday afternoon from 4.30pm to 5.15pm at The Unity Centre\, 17 Cuppin Street\, Chester CH1 2BN. \nAll abilities welcome. Pay per session: £6 (Cash or card accepted) \n\nTo book your place\, email: piolhocapu@hotmail.com. Subsequently please register your child’s details here.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/balanco-na-ginga-capoeira-kids-summer-term/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:Unity Centre\, 17 Cuppin Street\, Chester\, CH1 2BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,Regular Class
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250723T120000
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SUMMARY:Dance to Health Crewe (Summer Term)
DESCRIPTION:Fun and effective movement classes for over 55s for those who have had or are at risk of falls.\nJoin our fun and friendly sessions led by highly qualified dance instructors. \nEvery Wednesday from 10am to 12pm at St Andrew’s Church\, Bedford Street Crewe CW2 6LE. \nNo need to book\, just turn up! \nOnly £3 per session\, cash or card payment accepted. \nFor more information\, contact Bettina on 07780 531 681 or email: bettinacarpi@hotmail.com \nBenefits of Dance to Health:\n• Reduces falls by up to 58%\n• Fewer aches and pains\n• Increases independence and quality of life\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNB: Dance to Health is an established falls-prevention dance programme that combines verified strength and balance exercises with the creativity\, expression and energy of dance. \n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/dance-to-health-crewe-autumn-term-2/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:St Andrews Church\, St Andrew's Church\,\, Bedford Street\, Crewe\, CW2 6LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Older People
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250722T183000
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SUMMARY:DS Dance Winsford (Summer Term)
DESCRIPTION:DS Dance Winsford is a dance group for people with Downs Syndrome\, run in partnership with Down Syndrome Cheshire.\nCome along to make friends and have fun. \nJoin us every Tuesday evening (Term Time Only) from 5.30pm-6.30pm at Winsford Library\, CW7 2AS. \nTo attend\, contact: rebecca@dscheshire.org.uk \nFor information: www.dscheshire.org.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/ds-dance-winsford-summer-term/2025-07-22/
LOCATION:Cheshire Dance: Winsford Library\, Winsford Library\, High Street\, Winsford\, CW72AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children & Young People,People with Disabilities,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:Balanço na Ginga Capoeira (Spring Term Wednesdays)
DESCRIPTION:Capoeira for Adults\nCapoeira is a Brazilian art form which mixes martial arts\, dance\, acrobatics and music. It is an exciting way to develop fitness and coordination as well as increase confidence and self-esteem. \n  \nRegardless of your fitness level\, experience or age\, or whether you are simply interested in trying something new\, then this is for you. Come along to learn more about this beautiful art form on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 8.30pm at The Unity Centre\, 17 Cuppin Street\, Chester CH1 2BN \nAll levels welcome. Pay per session: £9 (Cash or card accepted) \nBook your place at: piolhocapu@hotmail.com and subsequently register your details by filling in this form.
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/balanco-na-ginga-capoeira-spring-term-wednesdays/2025-04-02/
LOCATION:Unity Centre\, 17 Cuppin Street\, Chester\, CH1 2BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Regular Class
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241216T104500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T113617Z
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SUMMARY:MM Dance Northwich (Autumn Term )
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary dance classes for ages 50+. Meet others\, get active and have fun in a sociable and friendly session for all abilities.\nNo experience needed – comfortable clothing advisable. Just £5 per session. Mondays 9.45-10.45am\, St Wilfrids Church\, 142 Witton St\, Northwich CW9 5NP. Come and join the fun! For more info\, call 01606 861770 or email: classes@cheshiredance.org. \n\n  \n  \n\n\nBOOK HERE\n  \nPlease note: When booking your sessions online\, please be aware that you are able to book for one-off sessions or complete terms. For questions regarding our payment system\, please contact hello@cheshiredance.org.\n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/mm-dance-northwich-autumn-term/2024-12-16/
LOCATION:St Wilfrids Church\, 142 Witton Street\, Northwich\, Cheshire\, CW9 5NP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Older People,Regular Class
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SUMMARY:DCNW NW Artists Consultation Sessions
DESCRIPTION:  \nDance Consortia North West is announcing a reset moment with a series of three consultation sessions with artists and independent producers across the region. Please do join us. \nThe agenda will focus on the future of dance in the NW and will be facilitated by two new DCNW consultants\, Ian Tabbron and Helen Palmer\, thanks to the support of Arts Council England funding. Together we can instigate a real push for change\, to create more and better opportunities for dance across the entire region. \n  \nIan and Helen bring a wealth of experience and will be working with us into the new year through 3 phases: \n\nConsultation – So we really understand current and future needs in a fast changing and what can feel like an ever-tougher working environment.\nPlanning – Not just a document\, but working groups that will re-imagine new\, much needed programmes for dance development.\nResourcing – And yes\, we have a fundraiser too\, who will help make those crucial asks for longer term investment in the projects we design together.\n\nThe broad aims that we can use to help guide our thinking and action will centre around ‘new work\, new practice\, diversity and place.’  No doubt our climate emergency will and should feature too. All conversations during the sessions will be held in confidence. \n  \nThe three sessions will take place on: \nWednesday 17th July 2pm – 4.30pm – Lancaster (The Storey) \nMonday 22nd July 10am – 12.30pm – Liverpool (Unity Theatre) \nTuesday 30th July 10am – 12.30pm – Manchester (Contact Theatre) \n  \nYou can book your FREE place at any of these consultations here. \n  \nWhilst encouraging in-person\, we will open up an opportunity to join online. \nWe are keen to hear from diverse voices\, but we recognise that it can be especially difficult for freelance artists and practitioners to attend consultation sessions in person due to a variety of reasons such as financial\, childcare\, access requirements etc. We have a small number of bursaries available to support travel and per diem expenses. If you are interested in applying for a bursary\, please click here. \nThere will be other gatherings planned too in the coming months\, not just about the future of North West dance but also practice sharings and events coming out of the final phase of DCNW’s Research Programme. \nPlease confirm which date you can join us by booking a FREE ticket here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheshire-dance/e-xlgbke. \nLet’s work together and push again for change. \n  \n\n  \nBursaries: \nAt Cheshire Dance\, we believe that access\, equity and diversity are important for Dance Consortia North West\, our programme and the wider dance sector. We have a limited number of bursaries available for each workshop for £40 each to cover travel expenses and basic per diem costs. \nWe therefore may not be able to accommodate all requests due to budget limitations. \nIf you are not successful in securing a bursary and are therefore unable to attend one of the workshops\, we will arrange for you to speak to Ian or Helen directly on a one to one basis. \n  \nTo apply for a bursary\, please complete this short form here: https://forms.gle/gJ1PFxnbUnWm7qiK9 \n  \nFor questions or queries or to tell us about any access requirements\, please contact: dcnw@cheshiredance.org.  \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cheshiredance.org/event/dcnw-nw-artists-consultation-sessions/2024-07-30/
LOCATION:Various\, CW7\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Artist Development,Event
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